I know politics I know the media.

Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.

I will count to 10 before tweeting.

I know politics; I know the media.

I am, and remain, passionate about news.

It's like she has her heart in her hand and it's broken. She's holding it out and showing me all the little pieces. Or maybe it's my heart.

The imagination is always the best torturer.

The amazing ones are, those that don't know it!

Many who have found Jesus Christ wanting in time of need have God confused with a genii.

Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it's not. it's the United States of America.

My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.

I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do.

I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people.

All these types of love come out of duty, respect, and gratitude. Most of them, as the women in my county know, are sources of sadness, rupture, and brutality.

If I cooperate with you, and you cooperate with me, I will keep cooperating with you.